home
 

 
 

PDF available for download here.
Recent Employment history

ongoing 2004-07  

Freelance Writer/Editor within the Canadian print and online publication industry. My articles and features have been published in The Globe and Mail, the Vancouver Courier, The Georgia Straight, Western Living Magazine, Vancouver Magazine, Vancouver Review, The Tyee, Momentum, and Seven Oaks Magazine.

2007 *UPDATE * Two nominations from the BC & Yukon Community Newspapers Association - Outdoor Recreation Writing (for "Lost ride," Vancouver Courier, July 2006) and Environmental Writing (for "Where eagles dare," Vancouver Courier, April 2006)

2006 *UPDATE * GOLD award from BC & Yukon Community Newspapers Association - Outdoor Recreation Writing (for "Cache me if you can," Vancouver Courier, Feb. 2005)

Also published in the fine paper that is the Chilliwack Progress, though that is up for debate.

Jul '05 - May '06   Sales Associate with Microserve, Western Canada's #1 computer reseller and servicer. Client inlcude City of Vancouver, Fraser Health Authority, and various public sector bodies at provincial and federal levels.
April 2005   Completed six-week internship with Western Living Magazine, based in Vancouver. Gained experience in cold calling, photo sourcing, fact checking, and writing short descriptive pieces. Gained appreciation for brevity and the pre-planning that guides the world of monthly magazines.
May- Sept. 2004   contract with LIDC @ SFU
interactive Flash game development for SFU Museum / Virtual Museum of Canada Journey to a New Land site
Jan 2003
- June 2004		  

The Peak , Burnaby, B.C. – News Writer / Features Editor / Columnist
Writing, sourcing, editing, and laying out features and artwork for weekly with circulation of 10,000 during summer of 2003. Continued to write op-eds until June 2004. Training for this position began as a weekly news writer volunteer in January 2003.
Awards and degrees
June 2004   B.A.Sc. First Class Honours (Electrical Engineering)
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby B.C.
December 2003   Completed SFU's Semester In Dialogue programme
Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue

SFU Honour Roll

June 2000   Certificate in Engineering
University of Sussex, Falmer, UK
   
March 2006  

BC / Yukon Community Newspapers Awards finalist - Outdoor Recreation Writing (for "Cache me if you can", Vancouver Courier, Feb. 2005)

Septermber 2005   Prize-winner in the Vancouver Public Library's Creative Excuses contest.
August 2005   VIDFEST 2005 Interactive Design competition, Education cat. 3rd place
May 2002   NSERC Research Grant Recipient
February 2002   Western Engineering Conference and Competition (WECC)
Bronze Medal, Explanatory Communications
Bronze Medal, Editorial Communications
1997-2002 semesterly   SFU Open Scholarship / Dean's Honour Roll
September 2001   BC Hydro (École Polytechnique) Scholarship
February 2000   Spirit of Game (Team): UK Women's Indoor Nationals -- Ultimate Frisbee
October 1998   SFU Publisher's Award (Volunteer Service)
September 1996   Governor General's Bronze Medal

SFU Summit Scholarship